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IATA announces leadership succession for Customer, Financial and Digital Services

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Muhammad Albakri, IATA’s Regional Vice President for Africa and the Middle East (AME), will be appointed Senior Vice President for Customer, Financial and Digital Services (CFDS), based in Geneva and effective 1 March 2021. At that time Aleks Popovich, who currently holds the position, will retire. “Over […]

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Minister Bartlett pleased with COVID-19 protocol compliance in Westmoreland

Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett says he is satisfied with the level of compliance with established COVID-19 protocols among tourism entities in the parish of Westmoreland. “I’m very pleased with what I have seen,” said Minister Bartlett following an extensive tour recently to examine large and small hotels and villas and concluding that: […]

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Global tourism & leisure industry venture financing deals total $1.09 billion in Q2 2020

Total tourism & leisure industry venture financing deals in Q2 2020 worth $1.09 billion were announced globally. The value marked an increase of 86.6% over the previous quarter and a drop of 39.9% when compared with the last four-quarter average, which stood at $1.91 billion. Comparing deals value in different regions of the globe, North […]

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Melbourne banns all trips outdoor declaring a state of disaster

Australia: Victoria reports 429 new coronavirus cases in latest update today Another 13 more people died from the virus infection overnight Just be wary that more business restrictions/closures are expected to be announced for Melbourne as well. ALtogether Australia registered 18,318 COVID-19 cases and 221 Australian died. After 10,622 recovered it leaves Australia with 7,475 […]

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Rhino Fund Uganda celebrates new birth

Rhino Fund Uganda (RFU)is proud to announce the birth of a healthy female calf on Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary on 2nd August Mother Laloyo & baby  Rhoda are both doing well reports Angie Grenade RFU Executive Director. Rhoda is named by an American couple living in Gulu, northern Uganda under the fundraising sponsorship initiative ,’Name a […]

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Africa marks sixty years of dedicated Chimpanzee research

Tanzania and other regional member states of the East African community are marking sixty years of chimpanzee conservation, setting a new path for regional tourism development through visits to chimpanzee communities. Counted the most closer human natural relatives, chimpanzees are mostly found in East and Central Africa in the equatorial and mountain forests, providing the […]

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Brazil, a deadly example in the world for tourism and COVID-19

Brazil registered record daily numbers of infections and deaths from the new coronavirus Wednesday, sending its overall death toll surging past 90,000 people. As of today, Brazil registered 2,711,132 cases and 93,659 deaths. 1,884,051 Brazilians recovered, but 732,422 are still active cases with 8,318 considered serious. It converts to 12,747 cases per million, trailing the […]

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